What is the ESF?

The Eu­ro­pean So­cial Fund (ESF) is the Eu­ro­pean Union's main in­stru­ment for pro­mot­ing em­ploy­ment in Eu­rope. It im­proves ac­cess to bet­ter jobs, of­fers skills de­vel­op­ment and sup­ports so­cial in­te­gra­tion. The ESF makes the con­cept of Eu­rope tan­gi­ble for ev­ery­one in Ger­many.